Recruitment

OMB Control 0920-0824

Exp. Date XX/XX/20XX

BioSense Recruitment Process

When a state, local, or territorial public health department contacts CDC and expresses an interest in joining BioSense, CDC asks them to forward their request to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). ASTHO has established procedures for bringing them onboard, including signing a Data Use Agreement (DUA). Once the health department has signed their DUA, CDC provides contractor support (currently ICF International) to help the health department recruit individual hospitals and establish the technical connections that enable the hospitals to send data to the BioSense Platform on behalf of the health department.

Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC/ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; ATTN: PRA 0920-0824